Melbourne Popularity by Year
Follow Melbourne across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Melbourne birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | Boys | 7 | #6,229 | Down 173 places |
| 1979 | Boys | 5 | #6,056 | Down 1,070 places |
| 1972 | Boys | 5 | #4,986 | Down 2,079 places |
| 1968 | Boys | 9 | #2,907 | Up 190 places |
| 1961 | Boys | 8 | #3,097 | Up 891 places |
| 1959 | Boys | 5 | #3,988 | Down 1,346 places |
| 1958 | Boys | 10 | #2,642 | Up 382 places |
| 1957 | Boys | 8 | #3,024 | Down 527 places |
| 1956 | Boys | 11 | #2,497 | Up 1,008 places |
| 1955 | Boys | 6 | #3,505 | Down 563 places |
| 1954 | Boys | 8 | #2,942 | Down 233 places |
| 1953 | Boys | 9 | #2,709 | Up 1,025 places |
| 1952 | Boys | 5 | #3,734 | Down 890 places |
| 1951 | Boys | 8 | #2,844 | Up 177 places |
| 1950 | Boys | 7 | #3,021 | Down 1,267 places |
| 1949 | Boys | 18 | #1,754 | Up 273 places |
| 1948 | Boys | 14 | #2,027 | Up 142 places |
| 1947 | Boys | 13 | #2,169 | Down 356 places |
| 1946 | Boys | 16 | #1,813 | Up 196 places |
| 1945 | Boys | 12 | #2,009 | Down 21 places |
| 1944 | Boys | 13 | #1,988 | Down 2 places |
| 1943 | Boys | 14 | #1,986 | Down 40 places |
| 1942 | Boys | 14 | #1,946 | Down 43 places |
| 1941 | Boys | 14 | #1,903 | Up 80 places |
| 1940 | Boys | 13 | #1,983 | Down 405 places |
| 1939 | Boys | 18 | #1,578 | Up 1,068 places |
| 1938 | Boys | 8 | #2,646 | Down 958 places |
| 1937 | Boys | 17 | #1,688 | Up 184 places |
| 1936 | Boys | 14 | #1,872 | Up 255 places |
| 1935 | Boys | 12 | #2,127 | Down 402 places |
| 1934 | Boys | 17 | #1,725 | Down 139 places |
| 1933 | Boys | 19 | #1,586 | Down 300 places |
| 1932 | Boys | 28 | #1,286 | Up 303 places |
| 1931 | Boys | 20 | #1,589 | Down 126 places |
| 1930 | Boys | 25 | #1,463 | Up 539 places |
| 1929 | Boys | 15 | #2,002 | Down 924 places |
| 1928 | Boys | 42 | #1,078 | Up 272 places |
| 1927 | Boys | 30 | #1,350 | Down 86 places |
| 1926 | Boys | 33 | #1,264 | Up 126 places |
| 1925 | Boys | 28 | #1,390 | Up 24 places |
| 1924 | Boys | 28 | #1,414 | Up 6 places |
| 1923 | Boys | 27 | #1,420 | Down 362 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 44 | #1,058 | Up 82 places |
| 1921 | Boys | 39 | #1,140 | Down 51 places |
| 1920 | Boys | 42 | #1,089 | Up 232 places |
| 1919 | Boys | 29 | #1,321 | Down 110 places |
| 1918 | Boys | 33 | #1,211 | Down 8 places |
| 1917 | Boys | 32 | #1,203 | Down 27 places |
| 1916 | Boys | 31 | #1,176 | Down 76 places |
| 1915 | Boys | 34 | #1,100 | Up 53 places |
| 1914 | Boys | 25 | #1,153 | Down 184 places |
| 1913 | Boys | 26 | #969 | Up 448 places |
| 1912 | Boys | 12 | #1,417 | Up 120 places |
| 1911 | Boys | 6 | #1,537 | Down 164 places |
| 1908 | Boys | 5 | #1,373 | Down 28 places |
| 1907 | Boys | 5 | #1,345 | Down 140 places |
| 1904 | Boys | 5 | #1,205 | Down 262 places |
| 1901 | Boys | 6 | #943 | Up 51 places |
| 1890 | Boys | 5 | #994 | — |